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Ministry of Women and Child Development
Adoption of Children who lost their Parents
As per information provided by States/UTs, 645 number of children have lost their parents to Covid since April 2021 to 28.05.2021.
The children in distress situations merit care and protection under the provisions of the Juvenile Justice  Act, 2015. The Act has laid procedure for rehabilitation of such children through institutional and non-institutional care including adoption. The Adoption of children under the JJ Act, 2015 is undertaken through the Child Adoption Resource Information and Guidance System , a web-based application and the prospective adoptive parents are referred children on the basis of their seniority, which is determined as per their date of registration. In the wake of the Covid pandemic, the Central Adoption Resource Authority  has taken several measures to facilitate adoption process such as provisional registration of Prospective Adoptive Parents  and requesting all Registrar Generals to take up adoption cases on priority & to facilitate Virtual Court hearings to expedite adoption cases.
Hon’ble PM has announced PM CARES for children scheme to support children who have lost both parents or surviving parent or legal guardian or adoptive parents due to COVID-19 pandemic. The scheme provides support for education and health and will create a corpus of Rs 10 lakh for each child when he or she reaches 18 years of age. This corpus will be used to give a monthly financial support/ stipend form 18 years of age, for the next 5 years to take care of his or her personal requirements during the period of higher education and on reaching the age of 23 years, he or she will get the corpus amount as one lump-sum for personal and professional use. The scheme is accessible through an online portal i.e. pmcaresforchildren.in. The portal has been introduced to all the States and UTs on 15.07.21. Any Citizen can inform the administration regarding a child eligible for support under this scheme through the portal.
Further, the Ministry has asked States and UTs to take immediate action for care and protection of children adversely impacted by COVID 19, in accordance with the provisions of the JJ Act and Rules thereunder, while leveraging the facilities funded under the Child Protection Services scheme.
The Juvenile Justice  Amendment bill, 2021, for simplification of the adoption process, by empowering District Magistrate including Additional District Magistrate, for completing adoption process, under the Juvenile Justice  Act, 2015 has been passed by both houses of Parliament.
This information was given by the Union Minister for Women and Child Development, Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani, in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today.
Ministry of Commerce & Industry
Pilot Programme on Patent Prosecution Highway Signed with Japan Patent Office will Facilitate Expeditious Patent Grants To Indian Inventors
The Union Cabinet on 20th November 2019 approved a proposal for Bilateral Patent Prosecution Highway  Programme between Indian Patent Office under Controller General of Patents, Design and Trade Marks , Government of India with Patent Offices of other interested countries/regions.
For the first time, the Indian Patent Office is entering into a pilot programme on PPH with Japan Patent Office . Controller General of Patents, Design and Trade Marks , Government of India and Commissioner Japan Patent Office signed the Joint Statement of Intent  for a bilateral Patent Prosecution Highway  Programme on pilot basis in presence of Dr. Guruprasad Mohapatra, Secretary, Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade  in New Delhi today.
The programme will initially commence between JPO and Indian Patent Office on pilot basis for a period of three years. Under this pilot programme, Indian Patent Office may receive patent applications in certain specified technical fields only, like electrical, electronics, computer science, information technology, physics, civil, mechanical, textiles, automobiles and metallurgy. Japan Patent Office may receive applications in all fields of technology.
Patent Prosecution Highway will lead to benefits like reduction in disposal time and pendency of patent applications, consistency in quality of granted patents and an opportunity for Indian inventors including MSMEs and Start-ups of India to get accelerated examination of their patent applications in Japan.
In the year 2014-15, around 6000 patents were granted and about 15,000 patent applications were disposed, this figure has increased to more than 15,000 grants and about 51,000 disposal of patent applications in the year 2018-19 and is likely to reach about 25,000 grants and 60,000 disposals this year.
The examination time of a patent application in the year 2014-15 which was around 72 months has already been reduced to less than 36 months at present and the same is targeted to further reduce to 12-16 months by March 2021. In case of expedited examination, the swiftest grant of a patent has been in 67 days from request for examination.
Japanese inventors seeking patent protection in India will now be able to take the benefits of expedited examination in India under the pilot programme on PPH. Faster grant of patents in India will result in more inbound investments by companies and also introduction of newer technologies thereby giving fillip to make in India and increasing employment opportunities. It will also help Indian Startups in patenting in Japan.
PIB Headquarters
PIB’S BULLETIN ON COVID-19
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- 205.22 cr Total Vaccine doses  have been administered so far under Nationwide Vaccination Drive
- 38,20,676 doses administered in last 24 hours
- India's Active caseload currently stands at 1,36,478
- Active cases stand at 0.31%
- Recovery Rate currently at 98.50%
- 20,419 recoveries in the last 24 hours increases Total Recoveries to
- 4,34,24,029
- 19,893 new cases recorded in the last 24 hours
- Daily positivity rate 
- Weekly Positivity Rate 
- 87.67 cr Total Tests conducted so far; 4,03,006 tests conducted in the last 24 hours
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Ministry of Culture
Ministry of Culture provides financial assistance for digitization of museum collections under Digitization of Museum component of Museum Grant Scheme : Shri G. Kishan Reddy
Ministry of Culture operates Museum Grant Scheme , one of the components of which is digitization of museum collections. Under this component, financial assistance is provided to Central/State Governments, Societies, Autonomous bodies, local bodies, Public Sector Undertakings, Academic Institutions and Trusts registered under Societies Registration Act, 1860 for digitization of museum collections.
Digital documentation of antiquities in following 5 Site Museums of Archaeological Survey of India in Madhya Pradesh has been done through National Mission for Monuments and Antiquities format:-
- Archaeological Site Museum at Sanchi, District-Raisen.
- Archaeological Site Museum at Khajuraho, District-Chattarpur.
- Archaeological Site Museum at Chanderi, District – Ashoknagar.
- Archaeological Site Museum at Shivpuri, District – Shivpuri.
- Archaeological Site Museum at Gwalior, District - Gwalior
Besides, Ministry of Culture has taken up the task of digitization of collection of ten  museums under its domain through Jatan programme since April, 2014. In total, 3,06,582 nos. of artefacts of these Government museums and galleries have been digitized till 31.01.2023 and also available for online access at the website http://museumsofindia.gov.in
This information was given by Minister of Culture, Shri G. Kishan Reddy in reply to a starred question in Lok Sabha today.
Ministry of Women and Child Development
Ministry of Women and Child Development and Invest India sign MoU to enhance co-operation in the thematic areas of Nutrition, Child Protection & Development and Women Empowerment
A Memorandum of Understanding  between the Ministry of Women and Child Development Government of India and Invest India was signed here today to enhance co-operation in the thematic areas of Nutrition, Child Protection and Development, Women Empowerment and convergent capacity building in mission mode.
Invest India Missions/EAP Desk will support the efforts of the Ministry of Women and Child Development instrategic and policy support, international cooperation, convergence, impact assessment, sustained behaviour change communication and in the creation of a participatory ecosystem geared towards creating large-scale impact.
To formulate, design and conduct strategic research for the Ministry of Women and Child Development, DRISHTI under Invest India will conduct input and output analysis research, and other researchas per requirement including coordinating with research agencies for primary, secondary and tertiary research.
UPSC
ENGINEERING SERVICES EXAMINATION, 2021
The result of the Engineering Services Examination, 2021 was declared vide Press Note dated 28.03.2022 recommending 194 candidates in order of merit for appointment.
2. The Commission, in accordance with the Rule 13 and Rule 13 of Rules of Engineering Services Examination, 2021, has also maintained a consolidated Reserve List in order of merit below the last recommended candidate.
3. As now sought by the Ministry of Railways, the Commission hereby recommends 28 candidates  to fill up the remaining vacancies based on the Engineering Services Examination, 2021. The Ministry of Railways will communicate directly with these recommended candidates.
4. The candidature of the following 1  candidate is provisional:
5. The offer of appointment to the candidate, whose result has been kept provisional, will not be issued till the Commission verifies the original documents awaited from the candidate. The provisionality of the candidate will remain valid only for a period of 3 months from the date of declaration of Reserve List. In case the candidate fails to submit the requisite documents as required by the Commission within this period, his/her candidature will be cancelled and no further correspondence will be entertained in this regard.
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Ministry of Law and Justice
Press Communique
In exercise of the power conferred by clause  of Article 217 of the Constitution of India, the President of India, after consultation with Chief Justice of India, vide notification dated 29.03.2023, is pleased to appoint  Shri Devan Mahendrabhai Desai and  Smt. Moxa Kiran Thakker, to be Judges of the Gujarat High Court, in that order of seniority with effect from the date they assume charge of their respective offices.
Ministry of Road Transport & Highways
Shri Nitin Gadkari calls upon all stakeholders to come forward and support the Vehicle Scrapping policy describing it is a win-win situation for all
Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Shri Nitin Gadkari called upon all stakeholders to come forward and support the Vehicle Scrapping policy. Addressing a Stakeholder Consultation in New Delhi today he said it is a win-win situation for all.The Union Minister said the Ministry has undertaken multiple initiatives to build resilient demand for vehicles such as building a world-class network of Highways, Electrification of buses, and mandatory automated fitness testing of vehicles. He said the Auto OEMs should work towards increasing their production capacity and support the nation to become the largest auto industry in the world.
Shri Gadkari emphasized that since the Auto industry is the biggest beneficiary of this policy, they must come forward and support on 3 main pillars of more investment in setting up Automated Testing Stations  and Registered Vehicle Scrapping Facilities , more awareness amongst citizens about the policy benefits through their dealer network and a finalized discount % against certificate of deposit obtained by citizens on scrapping vehicles.
Secretary Shri Anurag Jain encouraged the auto industry to set up scrap centers and automated testing stations across the country. It was emphasized that Vehicle Scrapping Policy is expected to increase auto sales by about 8% and contribute about 0.5% to the country’s GDP and hence, Auto OEMs must extend unconstrained support to the policy.
This stakeholder consultation aimed to seek support from the automobile industry to expedite the implementation of vehicle scrapping policy in the form of investment in vehicle scrapping infrastructure of Registered Vehicle Scrapping Facilities  and Automated Testing Stations , generation of awareness among citizens and extension of discounts to vehicle owners for scrapping vehicles at RVSFs. Representatives from all major automotive OEMs , auto dealers and used car aggregators  attended the event and shared their perspectives on the challenges and actions required to expedite implementation of the vehicle scrapping policy.
Additional Secretary Shri Mahmood Ahmed welcomed the dignitaries and industry participants and highlighted key benefits of V-VMP. This was followed by a presentation on status of V-VMP and support required from auto industry by Director Shri Paresh Goel.
SIAM also presented their views on the incentives for citizens through this policy and good inputs were provided by all other auto industry stakeholders.
The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways  launched the Voluntary Vehicle-Fleet Modernization Program  in 2021. This Policy is aimed at creating an ecosystem for phasing out old, unsafe, polluting vehicles and replacing them with newer, safer, and fuel-efficient vehicles.
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Ministry of Defence
INTER SERVICES AFFILIATION OF THE MAHAR REGIMENT OF INDIAN ARMY WITH NO 8 SQUADRON OF INDIAN AIR FORCE
The affiliation of the Mahar Regiment of the Indian Army and 8 Squadron of the Indian Air Force was formally signed at a solemn ceremony at Air Force Station Bareilly on 19 December 2022. The Ceremony involved a Joint Army - Air Force Guard of Honour and signing of “Charter of Affiliation” by Lieutenant General C Bansi Ponnappa, Adjutant General & Colonel of the Mahar Regiment and Air Vice Marshal MS Deswal, Commodore Commandant, 8 Squadron of the Air Force.
Affiliation of Mahar Regiment and the No 8 Squadron will enable each other to develop a mutual understanding of joint ethos, capabilities and core competencies through common appreciation of military tactical doctrines and concepts in the contemporary military environment.
The Mahar Regiment of Indian Army, since it’s raising on 01 October 1941 has fought with unique distinction and honour, emerging victorious on several battlefields and has been awarded nine Battle Honours and 12 Theatre Honours post-Independence. The Regiment has earned numerous gallantry awards including the Param Vir Chakra  and Ashok Chakra . No 8 Squadron Air Force is one of the senior most squadrons of the Indian Air Force and was raised on 01 December 1942. The Unit has the distinction of being the first Air Force Squadron to fight in the Burma Campaign during World War II. The Squadron is presently equipped with the formidable Sukhoi-30 MKI.
This affiliation ceremony will further promote jointness and is a symbol of inter-services camaraderie that will go a long way in synergised execution of integrated operations in modern warfare.
Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation
Notice issued by Mahanadi Water Disputes Tribunal
Mahanadi Water Disputes Tribunal has issued notice under Rule 4 of the Inter-State River Water Disputes Rules, 1959 to the State Governments of Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra to nominate their representatives for adjudication of Mahanadi River Water Disputes latest by August 06, 2018. The notice also mentioned that if no nominations were received by the due date, the case may be decided in the absence of any representation of State Government.
Earlier on the request of Government of Odisha made under Section 3 of Inter-State River Water Disputes  Act, 1956, the Central Government constituted Mahanadi Water Dispute Tribunal on 12th March, 2018. The Central Government made reference for taking up adjudication to the Tribunal under Section 4 of the ISRWD Act, 1956 on 17th April, 2018.
Vice President's Secretariat
Vice President greets the nation on the occasion of Vaisakhi, Vishu, Puthandu, Masadi, Vaishkhadi and Bahag Bihu
The Vice President of India, Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu has wished the people on the occasion of Vaisakhi, Vishu, Puthandu, Masadi, Vaishkhadi and Bahag Bihu which are being celebrated in different parts of the country on 13th and 14th April, 2020. In a message, the Vice President said that as nation passes through the testing times, festivals like these rejuvenate our spirits and lend us guidance and direction.
Following is the full text of the message -
“I convey my warm greetings and good wishes to the people of our country on the joyous occasion of ‘Vaisakhi, Vishu, Puthandu, Masadi, Vaishkhadi and Bahag Bihu’.
These festivals which celebrate the birth of a new year, serve as harbingers of new beginnings and new hopes. Associated with harvests, these festivals celebrate the bounty and beauty of nature.
As we pass through testing times when we battle the spectre of the Novel Coronavirus, it is festivals like these that rejuvenate our spirits and lend us guidance and direction.
I pray that the coming year be one of abundance and that we not only strive to share this abundance but also endeavour to care for our fellow beings and mother nature. May the new year also inspire in us virtues of selflessness, kindness, compassion and empathy and usher in peace, harmony, prosperity and happiness in our lives.
Let us celebrate this new year at home with our near and dear ones and stay away from mass gatherings and large celebrations.
Stay Home, Stay Safe.”
Prime Minister's Office
PM in Odisha: Work commences for revival of Talcher Fertilizer Plant, Jharsuguda airport inaugurated
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, visited Odisha today. At Talcher, he unveiled a plaque to mark the commencement of work for the revival of Talcher Fertilizer Plant.
Speaking on the occasion, he expressed happiness that the important step of beginning work on the fertiliser plant had been taken. We are fulfilling dreams that should have been fulfilled long ago, the Prime Minister said. He said the aim of the Government is to take India to new heights of growth. Projects like the fertiliser plant here are central to India's growth story, the Prime Minister said, adding that this plant will use latest technology as well.
In Jharsuguda, the Prime Minister inaugurated Jharsuguda airport, and flagged off the first flight from Jharsuguda to Raipur. He also dedicated the Garjanbahal coal mines, and the Jharsuguda-Barapali-Sardega rail link to the nation. He unveiled a plaque to mark the commencement of coal production and transportation from Dulanga coal mines.
Speaking on the occasion, he said he is happy to be in Jharsuguda to inaugurate an airport and other development projects. These development works will greatly benefit the people of Odisha, he added.
The Prime Minister said India's aviation sector is being transformed rapidly, and this augurs well for 125 crore Indians.
This airport in Jharsuguda is well located to serve the needs of the people of Odisha, the Prime Minister said. He said that connectivity is at the core of all round development. The Union Government has devoted significant efforts to enhance connectivity all over the nation, the Prime Minister added.
Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
Multiple projects including one Khelo India State Centre of Excellence sanctioned to the State of Maharashtra during last three years: Shri Anurag Thakur
The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports has sanctioned 36 proposals for establishment of Khelo India Centres, 1 proposal for establishment of Khelo India State Centre of Excellence and 11 sports infrastructure projects, to the State of Maharashtra during the last three years.
The Khelo India Scheme is a demand driven scheme and the proposals are considered based on the technical feasibility of the proposals, their adherence to the prescribed parameters, as well as the availability of funds.
This information was given by Union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports, Shri Anurag Thakur in reply to a question in Lok Sabha today.
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Ministry of Corporate Affairs
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2,25,910 companies under scanner of MCA for not filing returns for Year 2015-16 & 2-16-17
Union Minister of State for Law & Justice and Corporate Affairs Shri P.P. Chaudhary said in Lok Sabha today that during financial year 2018-19, a total of 2,25,910 companies have been identified for action under Section 248 of the Act on the basis of non- filing of due returns for the financial Year 2015-16 & 2016-17. Due procedure shall be followed by ROCs before striking off names of companies.
Shri Chaudhary further said that during 2017-18 the Registrars of Companies  had identified 2.97 lakh companies which were not filing their Financial Statements or Annual Returns for a continuous period of two or more financial years and, prima facie, either were not conducting any business or were not in operation. Out of such identified companies, Registrars of Companies  removed the names of 2,26,166 such companies from the register of companies by following the due process under Section 248 of the Companies Act, 2013. Further, the Central Government has ordered investigation into the true ownership of 68 number of companies under section 216 read with section 210  of the Act, which have deposited and withdrawn fund in an exception manner from the bank accounts during demonetization period.
This was stated by Union Minister of State for Law & Justice and Corporate Affairs Shri P.P. Chaudhary in Lok Sabha today.
Prime Minister's Office
PM to interact with Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar awardees on 25th January
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi will interact with Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar  awardees on 25th January, 2021 at 12 noon via video conferencing. Union Women & Child Development Minister will also be present on the occasion.
The Government of India has been conferring the Bal Shakti Puraskar under Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar to the children with exceptional abilities and outstanding achievement in the fields of innovation, scholastic achievements, sports, arts & culture, social service and bravery. This year, 32 applicants from across the country, under different categories of Bal Shakti Puraskar, have been selected for PMRBP-2021.